| A CN local parallels 4th St. while working in the former SOO yard at Menasha, WI, on 9 Oct. '20. Local was preparing to head for Hilbert. The blue facility in the background is currently home to Alliance Industries, 320 Appleton St., they apply powder coatings and manufacture sand cores. Founded at Waupaca, WI, in 1979, they leased this facility in 2005. They later purchased the facility as well as the adjacent one at 313 Appleton St. (built in 1960), the tan building partially visible at the far left. The blue facility was home to Menasha Mill Supply Co. from at least 1939 through the 1970s (according to tax records, this facility was built in 1966), they primarily processed waste paper. Both facilities clearly used to receive rail service, but do not seem to currently. The former MILW yard was located on the other (south) side of them. |